Main Focus
I am broadly interested in the evolution of metamorphosis in insects and the insect's microbiota. I focus on two topics:
1. Insect-bacteria symbiosis and symbiont genomes
2. The evolution of complete metamorphosis in insects
Curriculum Vitae
2023 - present
Associate member, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
2022 - present
Postdoctoral researcher, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology, Department of Insect Symbiosis, Jena, Germany
2022
Dr. rer. nat., Freie University Berlin, Germany
2017
MSc in Biodiversity, Evolution, and Ecology, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
2016
Research project, Uppsala University, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Sweden
2015
BSc in Biology, Freie University Berlin, Germany
2013
Exchange Student, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway